FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FEB 29 2012

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 10-10238

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:06-cr-00161-SMM

v.

MEMORANDUM *

HECTOR ISRAEL JASSO-CASILLAS,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Stephen M. McNamee, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted February 21, 2012 **

Before: FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Hector Israel Jasso-Casillas appeals from his jury-trial conviction and 41-

month sentence for transportation of illegal aliens, in violation of 8 U.S.C.

§ 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) and (a)(1)(B)(ii). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). 738 (1967), Jasso-Casillas’s counsel has filed a brief stating there are no grounds

for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided

the appellant with the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se

supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.

Our independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S.

75, 80–81 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.

Accordingly, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and the district

court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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